France to Provide 1,200 Troops to Quell Ethnic Violence

The United Nations unanimously authorized the use of military force to quell ethnic violence in the Central African Republic as a surge of fighting in the country's capital on Thursday left at least 50 people dead.

A resolution passed by the U.N. Security Council denounced the unrest in the landlocked country and cleared the way for France to mobilize about 1,200 troops to restore order alongside a multinational African force.